Iran said on Thursday that the five Iranians who killed 17 people in twin attacks in Tehran were Islamic State group members who had been to its strongholds in Iraq and Syria.
According the official website of the ministry the attackers were affiliated with "Wahhabi and Takfiri" groups, which took part in ISIS crimes in Mosul city of Iraq and Raqqah in Syria.
The ISIS media wing, Amaq, claimed "fighters with the Islamic State" carried out the assault.
The ministry released the first names of the men and published pictures of their corpses.
Later on Wednesday, five suspects were arrested in Tehran, Iranian Student's News Agency ISNA reported quoting head of Tehran Police Department.
The attack came as emboldened Sunni Arab states - backed by U.S. president Donald Trump - are hardening their stance against Iran.
Trump capped his statement of condolence to the Iranian people on Wednesday with the warning that "states that sponsor terrorism risk falling victim to the evil they promote".
Iranian women light candles in Mother Square in Tehran in 2001 in memory of victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed the "repugant" White House statement in a Twitter post on Thursday, adding, "Iranian people reject such USA claims of friendship". "Iranian people reject such U.S. claims of friendship".
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Gunmen in Tehran opened fire inside Iran's parliament building and near a shrine devoted to Ayatollah Khomeini, killing at least 12 people and injuring another 43, according to Iranian officials.
The two attacks have been claimed by the Islamic State and they have vowed to increase their targets. A statement issued Wednesday evening stopped short of alleging direct Saudi involvement but called it "meaningful" that the attacks followed Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, where he strongly asserted Washington's support for Riyadh.
That statement came after the Iranian Revolutionary Guard blamed the U.S. and Saudi leaders for the attack.
Before the vote, several senators had urged a delay, arguing that the timing was inappropriate because of the terrorist attacks in Tehran.
Two Sunni militant groups, Jaish al-Adl and Jundallah, have been also waging an insurgency in Iran, mostly in remote areas, for nearly a decade.
Iran blamed the Wednesday attacks on Saudi Arabia, though no link has been established.
The House also adopted another unanimous resolution expressing deep concerns over the recent developments in relations involving brotherly Muslim states in the Gulf region including the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
Intelligence Minister Alavi said that the terror threats had intensified against the country in the last month and few days during they arrested groups of two, three or individuals every week.
"An attack like this could provoke disproportionate counter-terror response in Iran".
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